Date of introduction |
Gar |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
09.09.36 |
AM |
8LT |
8LT |
8LT |
BEXLEYHEATH Trolleybus Depot - Erith Road - Bexleyheath Broadway - Crook Log - Avenue Road - Pickford Lane - Long Lane - King Harold's Way - Leckwith Avenue - Glenview - Bedonwell Road - Woolwich Road - Bostall Hill - Plumstead High Street - Plumstead Road - Beresford Square - WOOLWICH Earl of Chatham
20.11.40 |
AM |
7LT |
8LT+ |
7LT |
1LT/99 |
BEXLEYHEATH
Trolleybus Depot - Erith Road - Bexleyheath Broadway - Crook Log -
Avenue Road - Pickford Lane - Long Lane - Okehampton Crescent - Wickham Lane -
Plumstead High Street - Plumstead Road - Beresford Square - WOOLWICH
Earl of Chatham
Diverted at Long Lane via Okehampton Crescent and Wickham Lane instead of King Harold's Way
Map extracted from 1940 historical map drawn by Mike Harris showing new routeing via Okehampton Crescent which would also have been more convenient for crew change overs
|
13.04.49 |
AM |
18RTL |
17RTL |
9RTL |
BEXLEYHEATH DEPOT - WOOLWICH
Converted from LT to RTL type
04.05.55 |
AM |
16RT |
15RT+ |
6RT |
1RT/53 |
BEXLEYHEATH DEPOT - WOOLWICH
RTL
type withdrawn in favour of RT type.
30.04.58 |
AM |
16RT |
15RT+ |
6RT |
1RT/53 |
01.07.64 |
AM |
36RT |
33RT |
6RT |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - Westwood Hill - Kirkdale - Dartmouth Road - Forest Hill -
Brockley Rise - Adelaide Avenue - Lewisham - Lee Green - Eltham Green - Westhorne
Avenue - Well Hall Road - Academy Road - Woolwich - Plumstead - Pickford Lane -
Bexleyheath - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE (Suns) Erith Road - Colyers
Lane - North End - Bridge Road - Slade Green Road - Hazel Road - Whitehall
Lane - Forest Road - return via Cedar Road - SLADE GREEN STATION
Mon-Sat
extended from Bexleyheath to Slade Green Station.
Daily
extended from Woolwich to Crystal Palace via withdrawn
186.
Taken from 1964 map drawn by Mike Harris |
18.04.70 |
AM |
33RT |
26RT |
13RT |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE (Mon-Fri/Sun) - SLADE
GREEN STATION (Sats)
Mon-Fri
withdrawn between Bexleyheath Garage and Slade Green - replaced by revised
132.
RT3259 © Malcolm Allan |
01.03.75 |
AM |
33RT |
24RT |
12RT |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE (Mon-Fri/Sun) - SLADE
GREEN STATION ( Sat shop hrs )
Saturday extension from Bexleyheath Garage to Slade Green restriced to shoping hours only
Saturday service on Route 132 extended from Bexleyheath to Slade Green
22.04.78 |
AM1+ |
24RM |
19RM |
11RM |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Withdrawn
between Bexleyheath and Slade Green - this section now covered by daily
service on Route 89
RM218 Woolwich Photographer unknown |
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03.02.80 |
AM1+ |
24MDc |
19MDc |
11MDc |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Converted
to double deck door buses (Scania Metropolitan) type.
MD31 Crystal Palace Part of Jeff Lloyd collection |
31.10.81 |
PD1+ |
24MDc |
20MDc |
11MDc |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Plumstead
(AM) closed - allocation moved to new garage (PD)
22.11.82 |
PD1+ |
21Tc |
19Tc |
10Tc |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
MD
type withdrawn in favour of Leyland Titan.
23.04.83 |
PD1+ |
26T |
22T |
9T |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Converted
to One Person Operation.
T89 is seen at the first stop on route for Bexleyheath at Crystal Palace |
27.10.84 |
BX121+ |
6T |
6T |
-- |
PD1+ |
18T |
20T |
9T |
|
+1T/99 |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Bexleyheath
allocation introduced on Mon-Sat although BX mainly plied between Bexleyheath
and Woolwich except for a few early and late journeys which went through
to Crystal Palace.
The Mon-Fri daytime service was run in two sections BX - Forest Hill and PD
to Crystal Palace.
Extracted from 2005 allocation book |
24.05.86 |
BX121+ |
3L |
4L |
-- |
PD1+ |
21L+ |
22L |
9L |
|
1L/272 |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Leyland
Olympian introduced.
16.08.86 |
PD1+ |
24L+ |
25L |
9L |
1L/272 |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - BEXLEYHEATH GARAGE
Bexleyheath
Garage closed - allocation moved to Plumstead (PD)
L131 Crystal Palace |
16.01.88 |
PD1+ |
16L/T |
16L/T |
9L/T |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
Withdrawn
between Plumstead and Bexleyheath - this section covered by new Route 422. and B11
06.09.94 |
PD1+ |
15L/T |
14L/T |
8L/T |
Selkent purchased by Stagecoach |
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CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
New operator
05.02.00 |
PD1+ |
16TA |
14TA |
7TA |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
Start
of new Contract. which remained with Stagecoach operated from Plumstead
Garage (PD) with new low floor buses (TA))
29.06.02 |
PD1+ |
14TA |
7TA |
7dd |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
Contract renewal
30.08.06 |
PD1+ |
14TA |
7TA |
7dd |
Stagecoach purchased by Australian Bank Macquarie trading as East London Group |
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CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
New operator
17302 Crystal Palace |
10.02.07 |
PD1+ |
16TA |
14TA |
10TA |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
Contract renewal
14.10.10 |
PD1+ |
16TA |
14TA |
10TA |
Company purchased by Stagecoach |
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CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
New operator
11.02.12 |
PD1+ |
16TA |
14TA |
10TA |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
Contract extended for two years
AD Trident Enviro 19825 with White Roundel and strangely a running number holder even though Stagecoach no longer uses them |
21.07.12 |
TL1+ |
16TA |
14TA |
10TA |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
Allocation moved from Plumstead (PD) to Catford (TL)
18.08.12 |
PD21+ |
16TA |
14TA |
10TA |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
Allocation moved back to Plumstead (PD)
08.02.14 |
PD1+ |
16EH |
14EH |
10EH |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD GARAGE
Contract renewal
Enviro hybrid 12346 waits at the Plumstead Garage stand |
17.03.18 |
PD1+ |
18EH |
16EH |
11EH |
CRYSTAL
PALACE - PLUMSTEAD STATION
Revised time schedules, increase in PVR
09.02.19 |
PD1+ |
18EH |
16EH |
11EH |
CRYSTAL PALACE -- PLUMSTEAD GARAGE
Contract renewal
11037 complete with LED display seen at Woolwich Town Centre 27.05.22 © Ian Armstrong
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PD Plumstead
Crew Changeover
point at garage
TL Catford
Crew Changeover
point at Woolwich or Crystal Palace via ferry
AM Plumstead
Crew Changeover
point at garage